The Count of Monte Cristo

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"I will try; but don't touch me."

"Why not?"

"Because I feel that if you were only to touch me with the tip of your
finger the fit would return."

"Drink."

Barrois took the glass, and, raising it to his purple lips, took about
half of the liquid offered him. "Where do you suffer?" asked the doctor.

"Everywhere. I feel cramps over my whole body."

"Do you find any dazzling sensation before the eyes?"

"Yes."